padavarnam meaning and audio link

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natyasri123
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Post by natyasri123 »

could anyone pls provide the above info for maaye manam kanindharul i guess its by maduri muralidharan ji.

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rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

If you post the lyrics, I can attempt a translation.

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

I found the meaning of this song on the web but not the lyrics.

Translation:

Oh may the enchanting goddess
of Madurai bless us!
Her sacred dance enthrals, brings delight to Lord Shiva.
born in Kadambavanam
You are the daughter of the Mountain king,.
Mahakali Maheshwari, you destroyed the demon Mahesha.
Oh mother Bhuvaneshwari, with your grace light exists on earth.
Joyful Brahma, Vishnu, Lord Shiva’s wife,
I worship you. Protect us.
Joyful Bhairavi, you dance to the bhava, raga and thalam.
Mother, I implore you to relieve us of our worries and sorrows.
You are the beginning of the alphabet,
you have beautiful long curly, shiny hair.
It’s your world. Let your praise be there forever. Give us good fortune.
You are Lakshmi, You are Saraswathi,
You are Parvathy. You are sculpturesque.
You are the world’s music. You are the rhythm of the universe.
Your divine body is worshipped by the poet.
At the chanting of OM,
heaven and earth are pervaded with it.
You are full of knowledge. You create wonders. Save us from the sins of our previous births.
With patience, you gently remove the darkness from ourselves. You make us dignified.
You are there for us any time. You are the one who comes to us running and dancing.
You go and search for your devotee when they get in trouble. Would your heart condescend to us?

This item is Varnam Maye manam kanindarul purivaye composed by Madurai Muralidharan. Varnam is a long item, very demanding in terms of stamina and concentration, and is the benchmark to judge the dancer’s capacity to perform both abinaya and nritta, as a series of complex steps are interspersed with abhinaya passages.
Maye manam kanindarul purivaye’s theme is about Shakti, or the active power or manifest energy of Siva that pervades all of existence. Shakti is represented as female, and Siva as male. In Hindu temples, art and mythology, they are everywhere seen as the divine couple. Shakti is personified in many forms as the consorts of the Gods. For example, the Goddesses Parvati, Lakshmi and Sarasvati are the respective mythological consorts of Siva, Vishnu and Brahma.
The Divine Mother’s fierce or black (asita) forms include Bhairavi. The benign or white (sita) forms include Uma, Gauri, Ambika, Parvati, Maheshvari, Lalita and Annapurna.
The beauty and attractiveness of Bhuvaneshwari, the Creatrix of the World, comprises the rhythms of creation, maintenance and destruction, even the hankerings and sufferings of the human condition is nothing but Bhuvaneshvari's play, her exhilarating, joyous sport.
Bhairavi, the Goddess of Destruction, arises or becomes present when the a creation declines and degrades. She is an ever-present goddess who manifests herself in, and embodies, the destructive aspects of the world. Destruction, however, is not always negative, creation cannot continue without it.
One of the stories that Varnam Maye manam kanindarul purivaye portrays is the story about Mahishasura, whose father Rambha was king of the asura, and he once fell in love with a water buffalo. Mahishasur was born out of this union. He is therefore able to change between human and buffalo form at will ("mahisha" means buffalo). Despite being an asura, Mahishasura was also pious in his meditation to Brahma, who granted him a boon that no man or god would be able to conquer him. He drove all the devas out of heaven. To fight Mahishasura, the gods combined the powers of all the devas and created his nemesis in the form of a young devi, Durga. The goddess then attacked Mahishasura's empire and after nine days of fighting, during which much of Mahishasura's army was decimated, he was finally killed on the tenth day of the waxing moon, by her incarnation, Kali that appeared from her forehead.

natyasri123
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Post by natyasri123 »

Lakshman ji,
thanks a lot. but was unable to find both the audio and lyrics- poor as iam in Tamil language. I can only depend on this forum for both.

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Post by natyasri123 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De42lbzET9U is the link i could find. please please please help.

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